Semester 1

• [CPS-104] [6 ECTS] Theory of State and Law
  This course gives to sudents introductory theoretical knowledge of key concepts and institutes in the field of state and law. Additionally, the curriculum is crucial in the study of a range of other subjects during their studies.
• [CPS-1011] [6 ECTS] Introduction to Sociology
  The course "Introduction to Sociology" should provide students with general knowledge about social movements and changes. It is a course that carries out processing of some basic social movements, starting with those that we all face as citizens and academics. The students will be provided with a full range of literature from domestic and foreign authors, which will enable them to expand and develop their knowledge in the areas of topics that are subject to analysis. As special goals of this course can be emphasized: Students to understand the basic sociological concepts and theories. Students to understand the scientific framework of sociology. Students to be able to recognize basic paradigms and directions in sociology. Students create critical thinking about sociology as a dynamic system. Students build a personal and critical attitude towards social interactions at the micro level as well as their connection with the social macro structure. Students to recognize the social and cultural aspects of socialization. Students build personal opinions about globalization and technical and technological development and their impact on contemporary societies.
• [CPS-103] [6 ECTS] Introduction to Political Science
  Through this course the students will gain knowledge of basic categories, concepts and definitions that will help them to understand study and critically approach to contemporary politics and contemporary society. It should: - Enhance their political culture and consciousness with the given texts from classical and contemporary authors and political analysts. - Enhance their knowledge and capacity for studying the European ethic policy. - Help students to improve their writing, thinking and expression related to policy. Through the lectures the students should get several responses of the basic questions like: - What is politics and why it is so important for our lives and society? - How was a human being developed as a political person? - What are characteristics of the modern democratic society? - What are characteristics of the Macedonian society as political one? - What is a policy? - Is it integral part of a man? - Why and how do we study policy?
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - Albanian/Macedonian Language
  • [MAPP1010] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 1
    Upon completion of the course Macedonian for Professional Purposes 1, students are expected to broaden and strengthen their abilities for more advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian in the context of the different professional settings. Students are expected to be able to read, write and comprehend various professional texts in Macedonian. They are also expected to acquire knowledge and skills about the general terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and to be able to use that terminology in the framework of their future professions. Besides accomplishing these professional aims, students are expected to become more autonomous language learners and be able to think critically about different topics in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
  • [MAPP1020] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 2
    Upon completion of the course, Macedonian for professional purposes 2, students are expected to reconfirm and expand further their abilities for advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian, in the context of their future professions. They should be able to read, write and comprehend different kinds of professional texts in Macedonian, to analyse and discuss those texts, as well as to create their own documents, including professional biography in Macedonian (CV). They should also expand the knowledge of specific terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and be able to use that terminology in simulation of authentic situations from the professional environment, in debates and exchange of opinion regarding different aspects of these professions.
  • [BS018] Macedonian Language for Beginners 1
    The programme of the course Macedonian Language for Beginners 1: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Through special exercises and lectures introduction to basic communication in Macedonian language is provided, i.e. introducing, greeting, presentation, enriching vocabulary and write and understand short texts. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further. The material is processed under the principle of combined lectures and exercises, and continuous tasks through which students are actively involved during class and participate with their questions and suggestions.
  • [BS152] Macedonian Language for Beginners 2
    The programme of the course Macedonian Language for Beginners 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities. In this course the following issues are covered: daily routines, planning activities for the next period, description of persons, places and objects. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further.
  • [BAM1010] Albanian Language for Beginners 1
    Albanian Language for Beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.
  • [BAM2010] Albanian Language for Beginners 2
    Albanian Language for Beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - English Language
  • [BENP-01] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-02] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-03] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 3
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-04] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BEN-05] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
  • [BEN-06] English Language 6
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.

Semester 2

• [CPS-2044] [6 ECTS] Contemporary Political Philosophy
  • It links modern political philosophy with social practice, liberal theory and directs students to their life and work activities. • Demonstrate and understand from the point of view of political thought, contemporary political theory, movements, institutions, conserve the political essence of people and organizations. • Implement, conduct research and analytical skills, decision-making, participation in public and political life. • Human, cultural, ethical aspects are valued - criticism of liberalism is the weaknesses of the political elite, culture. • Ability to cooperate through forms of political communication in an environment in which democracy has not yet been fully built. • Model his political future, establishes cooperative relationships, initiatives, research projects, institutional co-operation.
• [EPS-405] [6 ECTS] Introduction to Economy
  The course is designed to familiarize students with the external and internal environment of the enterprise. However, attention will be paid to the financial, the marketing function and organizational function of the enterprise. In addition, it recognizes the impact of enterprise on the community in which it operates.
• [CPS-201] [6 ECTS] Social Psychology
  Topics for discussion include the perception of personality, agreement, forming opinions, evaluation and change, prejudice, aggression, social learning, group dynamics, social psychology and society and legal and organizational application.
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - Albanian/Macedonian Language
  • [MAPP1010] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 1
    Upon completion of the course Macedonian for Professional Purposes 1, students are expected to broaden and strengthen their abilities for more advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian in the context of the different professional settings. Students are expected to be able to read, write and comprehend various professional texts in Macedonian. They are also expected to acquire knowledge and skills about the general terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and to be able to use that terminology in the framework of their future professions. Besides accomplishing these professional aims, students are expected to become more autonomous language learners and be able to think critically about different topics in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
  • [MAPP1020] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 2
    Upon completion of the course, Macedonian for professional purposes 2, students are expected to reconfirm and expand further their abilities for advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian, in the context of their future professions. They should be able to read, write and comprehend different kinds of professional texts in Macedonian, to analyse and discuss those texts, as well as to create their own documents, including professional biography in Macedonian (CV). They should also expand the knowledge of specific terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and be able to use that terminology in simulation of authentic situations from the professional environment, in debates and exchange of opinion regarding different aspects of these professions.
  • [BS018] Macedonian Language for Beginners 1
    The programme of the course Macedonian Language for Beginners 1: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Through special exercises and lectures introduction to basic communication in Macedonian language is provided, i.e. introducing, greeting, presentation, enriching vocabulary and write and understand short texts. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further. The material is processed under the principle of combined lectures and exercises, and continuous tasks through which students are actively involved during class and participate with their questions and suggestions.
  • [BS152] Macedonian Language for Beginners 2
    The programme of the course Macedonian Language for Beginners 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities. In this course the following issues are covered: daily routines, planning activities for the next period, description of persons, places and objects. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further.
  • [BAM1010] Albanian Language for Beginners 1
    Albanian Language for Beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.
  • [BAM2010] Albanian Language for Beginners 2
    Albanian Language for Beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge on the structure of the Albanian language, will overcome a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable simple conversations. Even though, it is a second level course for beginners, the course is designed to be flexible and to adapt to the capabilities and interests of students.
• [3 ECTS] Elective course - English Language
  • [BENP-01] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-02] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-03] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 3
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BENP-04] English Language for General and Professional Purposes 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.
  • [BEN-05] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
  • [BEN-06] English Language 6
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The number of hours is 30 (100 minutes once per week). The course should enable students to use those skills in both foreign language (native language classroom) as well as content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon completion of the course, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should write a problem solution paragraph and essay. They should recognize the abbreviations and symbols in a dictionary as well as practice using monolingual dictionary.They should be able to present visual information in a form of poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.

Semester 3

• [CPA-6033] [6 ECTS] Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses in the Social Sciences
  The objective of the course is to focus on two general approaches to data analysis, namely, quantitative and qualitative. In terms of quantitative analysis, it focuses on the use of statistical analysis in terms of qualitative analysis in which it is defined as those approaches that do not include quantitative approaches - or approaches that do not use numerical manipulation. It will also analyze this course and present case studies, research methods, research research approaches, implementation of empirical design, and multivariate analysis.
• [CPS-305] [6 ECTS] Policy of Europe and the European Union
  This course deals with the recognition of the concept in comparative political science for studying the contemporary Europe. The course requires prior knowledge of the basic concepts and methods in political science and knowledge of the history of Europe after World War II. The course will be divided into two parts. The first part of the course will focus on European politics at the supranational level of historical context, political institutions and the European Union policies will be taught. In the second part of the course the main theories of comparative politics that can help to understand the variation in institutions, political behavior and policies in European countries and the EU itself will be taught. The course will address some of the challenges facing Europe and the EU today and will carefully analyze series of important social debates and contemporary politics.
• [CPA120] [6 ECTS] Public Policies
  The course aims to enable students to more easily understand and master the policy as a new scientific discipline and the relationship with other social sciences. Also this course students will learn the basic principles of public policy, creating a specific policy analysis, implementation and evaluation. Through practical work students will be introduced to different types of public policies and their carriers or makers in practice, so as to be able to see for themselves the role and importance of the participation of citizens in decision-making on the most important social issues.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course - English for specific purposes 1
  • [LPCEN-01] English Language for Public Administration, Political Sciences and Communication 1
    The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Administration and Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. Materials to be used are from different sources, including textbooks from the aforementioned fields, as well as authentic documents and texts. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.
  • [LPCEN-02] English Language for Public Administration, Political Sciences and Communication 2
    The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Administration and Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. Materials to be used are from different sources, including textbooks from the aforementioned fields, as well as authentic documents and texts. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.

Semester 4

• [CPS-4011] [6 ECTS] Political Parties, Elections and Election Models
  The course should provide students with general knowledge about social movements and changes. This course analyses basic social movements, starting with those that we all face as citizens and academics. Students will be provided with a full range of literature from domestic and foreign authors, which will enable them to expand and develop their knowledge in the areas of topics that are subject to analysis. The goals of this course can be highlighted as follows:  Initiate and develop critical thinking within the group.  Students should be able to use the acquired information to use them for giving grades and constructing arguments.  Develop the communication skills of students.  Students understand how political movements in different countries around the world are taking place and, on this basis, create critical stances over political movements in Macedonia; • Students understand topics that are processed within the political sciences; • Students be able to distinguish between democracy and non-democratic political systems; • Students gain the necessary analytical skills to understand and assess political movements and phenomena in and out of the country; Students are better able to understand the scientific techniques of work with particular reference to the comparative method, etc.
• [CPS-402] [6 ECTS] International Relations
  This course introduces to students the theoretical component in international relations, key ideas and debates in international relations, particularly on basic concepts, actors in international relations, foreign policy, and the power in international relations. The lectures will also be focused on international political economy and politics of global welfare, the existing and future problems in the international system, including armed conflict, economy, demography and environment.
• [EPS-505] [6 ECTS] Public Institutions
  Course objectives: To help students to understand the broader context of the functioning of public institutions. To motivate students to improve their skills of analysis, and work in the institutional matrix of modern public management with special emphasis on sensitivity to democratic principles To develop awareness of the application of these principles in practice in the public and non-profit sector.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT
• [6 ECTS] Elective course - English for specific purposes 2
  • [LPCEN-01] English Language for Public Administration, Political Sciences and Communication 1
    The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Administration and Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. Materials to be used are from different sources, including textbooks from the aforementioned fields, as well as authentic documents and texts. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.
  • [LPCEN-02] English Language for Public Administration, Political Sciences and Communication 2
    The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Administration and Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. Materials to be used are from different sources, including textbooks from the aforementioned fields, as well as authentic documents and texts. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.

Semester 5

• [CIR-05] [6 ECTS] Introduction to Diplomacy
• [CPS4010] [6 ECTS] Introduction to International Relations
• [CPS8010] [6 ECTS] EU Politics
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT

Semester 6

• [CIR-06] [6 ECTS] European Integration
• [CIR-07] [6 ECTS] International Institutions and Organizations
• [CPA-604] [6 ECTS] Capstone Project
  This is an activity related to diploma work and professional project. Students are required to complete a project, usually related to their diploma work, to outline the structure of the project, to do research and write down the report.
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT

240 ECTS (4 years)

Semester 7

• [CIR-08] [6 ECTS] Public Diplomacy
• [CIR-09] [6 ECTS] Foreign Policy
• [CIR-10] [6 ECTS] Diplomatic Negotiations
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT
• [6 ECTS] Free elective course
  • [EFE-107] Public Speaking
    Upon completion of this course, the students will gain knowledge about the communication process, the ethical responsibilities of public speaking and the different types of informative and persuasive speeches. In addition, the students will acquire skills necessary for preparing and delivering different types of speeches, audience analysis, researching speech topics, preparing speeches etc. After completing the Public Speaking course, the students will be able to think critically through constructive self-criticism and criticism towards the speeches of the others.
  • [EFE-127] Debate and Presentation Skills
    Through this course students will; gain tools for arguing effectively and developing their confidence in front of an audience; construct, develop, and practice presenting arguments in a variety of ways including - individual, pair and group presentation; learn to use persuasive rhetoric to put forward logical arguments in support of a position on a current issue; become familiar with the stages of formal debate, specifically the British Parliamentary style;
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [EFE-108] Communication Skills
    The course Communication Skills is designed to enable students to practically apply interpersonal communication. Students will have the opportunity to learn interpersonal skills (such as perception, listening, verbal and non-verbal communication); public speaking (such as organization, delivery and the basics of writing public speeches) and small group communication (such as leadership, self-confidence and listening). The course will also focus on providing basic knowledge and understanding of the job hunting process through written and oral communication by doing tasks such as writing a resume and a cover letter, conducting interview simulations etc.
  • [EFE-110] Advanced Excel
    The purpose of this course is to provide the students with advanced knowledge of this application and of the opportunities offered by the Microsoft Excel application, as well as to enable them to carry out advanced tasks, which are associated with their faculty’s program.
  • [EFE-111] Advanced IT skills
    The aims of this course are: To enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in the field of information sciences; To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Microsoft Office applications (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) and to apply them in real life situations; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on practical projects.
  • [EFE-112] Advanced Word
    The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and to familiarize them with the opportunities, which are offered by them. Moreover, it will enable the students to independently implement various projects and specific complex tasks, which are associated with the program in which they study.
  • [EFE-113] Google Apps
    The aims of this course are: To enable the students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the field of electronic services (cloud applications); To enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in Google Docs (G-mail, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Forms) and to apply them in real life; To enable the students to work individually or in groups on various online projects, directly through the web browser.
  • [EFE-114] Advanced Access
    Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of Data and Microsoft Access is a quite popular and powerful tool, which is used for designing and developing Windows-based databases. This course is intended for new users of Access where the most important functions needed for working with databases are processed.
  • [EFE-115] Desktop Publications
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.
  • [EFE-116] Web Publications
    Developing even a simple web page according to current standards requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-131] Albanian Language for Specific
    The subject aims at improving and perfecting the expression of Albanian language (speaking and writing). Specifically, the course aims to introduce students to specific terms, the possibilities of its use, with the most common errors in daily speech, but also for communication in specific circumstances. The students will learn about the conditions in which the rules work, so they can use them not only for tasks related to the subject but also in their future profession.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing like: writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EFE-103] Academic Writing in Macedonian
    After finishing the Academic Writing in the Macedonian course, the students are expected to gain appropriate knowledge and advanced communication in Macedonian language with particular emphasis on writing skills. In addition, it is expected that students will become more autonomous and responsible learners. Moreover, students will be able to improve their writing skills in more levels and thereby they will become more confident and more competent when writing in Macedonian. They will be able to reflect critically on different topics, to make conclusions and they will develop skills for excellent written and oral communication in Macedonian.
  • [EFE-104] Academic Writing in Albanian
    By the end of each level, the students are expected to write an essay and a research paper based on the rules learned during the semester. Specifically, from them it is expected to know the function, the structure and the different types of paragraphs, ways of choosing research topics, collecting the material, the rules for source documentation and the final model.
  • [EFE-105] German Language (level 1 to 4)
    After completing each level, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EFE-117] Environmental Protection
    The aims of this course are: To familiarize the students with the basic environmental problems; To familiarize the students with the role of humans as the key factor in the process of pollution and environmental protection; To familiarize the students with the influence of various environmental pollutants on health, the professional activity and the organizational ability of the human factor; Creating positive habits for the environment and raising the awareness for a healthier and cleaner environment; International and national legislation and international conventions on the environment; Introduction to international and national global policies in the field of environment; The environment as a condition for sustainable economic development; The role of the society in the protection of the environment; Introducing the major risks to a healthy environment; Introducing the National Environmental Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • [EFE-121] Professional Careеr Development
    This course offers practical, results-oriented instruction for seeking, obtaining and keeping employment. It is intended to provide students with the appropriate job skills needed in the modern workplace. Specific tasks that will be covered will be composing an effective c.v., writing a letter of inquiry/interest, interviewing skills, and formal communication within the office (memos, formal emails to superiors or customers, reports, etc.). Additional elements that will be covered will be how to conduct a self-evaluation, how to manage inter-office conflict, and how to seek promotions actively. Although the primary focus of this course will be on white-collar employment, the skills obtained through the instruction are applicable to the job search process generally.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.

Semester 8

• [CPA118] [6 ECTS] Contemporary Political Systems
  The primary objective of the “Contemporary political systems” course is to provide students with the knowledge about the political systems that are encountered today around he world, here including not only the political systems that are usually referred to as democratic ones. The course is structured in a way to provide students with theoretical knowledge about theories and conceptions on political systems, and at the same time inform them about the practical functioning of more political systems in the world. From this point of view, as the specifik aims of this course the following can be emphasized: - The students should create an understanding of political systems in terms of their specifics and historical development. - Students should gain basic knowledge regarding the main theories and conceptions of political systems. - Students should get familiarized with the basic approaches towards the classification of political systems. - Students should be enabled to understand the specifics of individual political systems.
• [CIR-11] [6 ECTS] United Nations System
• [CIR-12] [6 ECTS] Regional Cooperation
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT
• [6 ECTS] Elective course
  • [EIR-01] International Security
  • [EPS7030] International Policy Analysis
    The aim of this course is to introduce students with international developments, inter- governmental relations from the political perspectives, and historcial analysis of relations of states until today. Within the frame of this course, students will be presented with multiple themes of the nature of international-political relations, especially, the focus will be on relations between powerful states, international organizations and relations of the Western Balkan countries.
  • [EIR-02] Contemporary Diplomacy
  • [EIR-03] Foreign Policy Analysis
  • [ECSS-02] Work Searching Strategies
    This course is designed to encourage the process of early planning and career development. The process involves deep self-analysis, research of career planning and monitoring of preliminary strategies for employment, etc. The philosophy of the course is that this process is ongoing, systematic and goals to life filled with work that is part of the overall plan for personal development. Engaging in this process should be challenging, interesting and pleasure to you. Enjoying the benefits that this course offers, will help you in the transition from student to employee and will assist in the more direct route to meet your long-term career goals through the prediction and learning the necessary skills, courses and work experience for entry job, which will be the best starting point for the career you are striving.
  • [ECSS-03] Foundations of Social Policy
  • [EIR-04] European Legislation and Institutions
  • [EIR-05] Diplomatic and Consular Work
    This course aims to provide students with insight into rules regarding the activity of diplomatic missions, consular missions and permanent missions to international organizations, as well as related aspects that characterize the activity of external services or state bodies charged for external relations. Matters to be discussed throughout the semester will include: the legal establishment of diplomatic relations, diplomatic and consular immunities, and also the privileges, categories of diplomatic and consular missions, including the position of Heads of State and Government of Diplomatic Law . Moreover, the Consular Right within the sphere of international diplomatic law will be widely covered, such as diplomatic asylum and the status of international organizations.
  • [ECSS-01] Public Sector IT